Member

Mr Andrew Large, the director-general of the CPI, has briefed me that the technicalities around implementation will be crucial. He says that, to date, the technically, environmentally and economically practicable—TEEP—rules’ waste separation arrangements have failed to drive improvements in the quality of recyclate due to a lack of standardisation in the assessment process, which has resulted in very few local authorities acting to modify their collection methods. The CPI is therefore calling for standardised, detailed and evidence-based guidance on the application of TEEP. This should include clear specifications for the analysis methods evidence base required from local authorities to ensure greater consistency of results, providing local authorities with adequate flexibility to secure an exemption when one is genuinely required rather than simply for the convenience of the local authority. This guidance should be developed in collaboration with the paper industry and include, as a minimum, mandatory periodic reviews by councils that have obtained an exemption via a TEEP assessment. Furthermore, the Government should actively monitor the implementation of TEEP to ensure compliance and credibility in the conclusions.